---
title: "Retry failed files"
method: POST
path: "/v1/files/retry"
tags: ["File API"]
---

# Retry failed files

`POST /v1/files/retry`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.writer.com`
- URL: `https://api.writer.com/v1/files/retry`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Retry processing of files that previously failed to process. This will re-attempt the processing of the specified files.

## Request body

- RetryFilesRequest
  - `file_ids` string[], required: The unique identifier of the files to retry.

## Response `200`

The retry request is being processed

- RetryFilesResponse
  - `success` boolean: Indicates whether the retry operation was successful.

## Changes

- **2024-10-03** `4a11c63c7cb5`: 1 info
  - added the optional property `success` to the response with the `200` status
- **2024-09-20** `149f74d46fcb`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/writer/apis/writer-api/changes/v1/files/retry/post.md)

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